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Sadayoshia acroporae Baba 1972

Description

Sadayoshia acroporae Baba, 1972

(Fig. 10, 12)

Sadayoshia acroporae Baba, 1972: 43, figs 1, 2. — Baba, 1979: 644. — Tirmizi, 1980: 108, figs 1–7. — Baba et al., 2008: 180.

Material examined. South China Sea. 1 female, Cl 3.46 mm, MBM 150129, coral reef, CN6-8, Nansha Islands, Yongshu Island, 30 m, TT, 24 June 1990.

Distribution. South China Sea; Kabira, Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyus Ishigaki-jima of the Ryukyus; Marsegu Island, Moluccas; Bay of Bengal; Mozambique Channel.

Remarks. Although all of the pereopods are lost, the sole specimen agrees quite well with the description and illustrations of Baba (1972): the rostrum is broad at base; the carapace has two supraocular spines on each side; the basal article of antennule has four spines; the third maxilliped merus has three spines on flexor margin, extensor margin unarmed; there are two spines on the second abdominal segment.

Other

Published as part of Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng, 2010, First records of six galatheid species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Chinese waters, pp. 31-44 in Zootaxa 2343 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193320

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Sadayoshia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Baba
Species
acroporae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sadayoshia acroporae Baba, 1972 sec. Dong & Li, 2010

References

  • Baba, K. (1972) A new species of galatheidean Crustacea from the Ryukyu Islands (Decapoda, Anomura). Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Section 1 (Natural Science), 20, 43 - 48.
  • Baba, K. (1979) Expeditions Rumphius II (1975). Crustaces parasites, commensaux, etc. (Th. Monod et R. Serene, ed.) 7. Galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda, Anomura). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (4) A, 1 (3), 643 - 657.
  • Tirmizi, N. M. (1980) An Indian Ocean record for Sadayoshia acroporae Baba (Decapoda, Anomura). Crustaceana, 38 (1), 108 - 110.
  • Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G. C. B., Ahyong, S. T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C. - W., Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K. E. (2008) Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa, 1905, 1 - 220.